West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013). There was an explosion of high culture based on the promotion of professional artists, writers and musicians. The elite became increasingly defined by the cultivation of refinement and the senses. … Will's off Covent Garden. 6 The Grecian became a meeting place for opposition Whigs in the early eighteenth century. 7 Artists would meet up at Old Slaughter's in St Martin's Lane where there was a distinctive cosmopolitan atmosphere. Elsewhere coffee houses (h as Will's) were notable for the presence of many literary and artistic luminaries. 8 Such institutions often produced dining clubs where men could enjoy a spirit of conviviality. 6 . …
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